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Just watched it on my DVR; not a bad first episode. It certainly didn't fill me with that feeling of creeping dread that Samurai's "first" episode did. The characters seem pretty decent, the acting is acceptable, and it's not just a retread of the Sentai like last season. All of the continuity nods were pretty fun; I lost count of all the throwbacks to the first episode of MMPR, but they were all cool but subtle. I still wish we were getting Gokaiger instead, but I don't really have any major complaints.

The only thing that I really didn't like is how incredibly this year's headquarters looks. A cave with a big face on one end, a couple pedestals, and the walls of Ranger Keys? Clearly Gosei and Tensou have not spent their centuries of guardianship studying interior design on the side.